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<!WA0><A HREF="http://cdps.umcs.maine.edu:80/big-dolphins.gif"><!WA1><IMG SRC="http://cdps.umcs.maine.edu:80/dolphins.gif"></A><H1>UNH CDPS Group 
   Projects</H1> 
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<dt> <B>COLA</B>
<dd> A language for AUV-to-AUV communication
<dt> <B>NBA Planner</B>
<dd> Route planner that takes advantage of naturally-bounded areas (NBAs) to
   guide abstraction of the problem
<dt> <!WA2><A HREF="http://cdps.umcs.maine.edu:80/orca.html">Orca</A>
<dd> A robust, intelligent, adaptive controller for ocean science AUVs and
CDPS systems
<dt> <B>SMART</B>
<dd> A multi-agent simulation testbed for AUVs (initially)
<dt> <B>Integration of Communication and Problem Solving</B>
<dd> New project, drawing on past work on the Medic and JUDIS projects, to
integrate communication and problem solving into a single, unified cooperative
problem solving system.
<dt> <B>Tragedy of the Commons</B>
<dd> DAI project examining the ways commons (common resources) are used by DAI
agents and how their use can be controlled to avoid destroying the commons.
<dt> <B>Simulation of Fouling Community Succession</B>
<dd> A project in conjunction with Prof. Larry Harris (Zoology Dept.) to
examine the role of two organisms, hydroids (e.g., <I>Cordylophora</I>,
<I>Obelia</I>) their nudibranch predators, on the development of biological
communities on cleard surfaces in the ocean.
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